Building structure



July 6, 1954 A`. w. BAILEY BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed Sept. 23, 1950 BY T Patented July 6,k 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcs BUILDING STRUCTURE Alonzo W. Bailey, Cleveland, Ohio Application September 23, 1950, Serial No. 186,464

2 Claims.

This invention relates broadly to prefabricated building materials and more specifically to improvements in the construction and organization of such materials in a building structure.

One of the objects of the invention is to pro- Vide a vertically disposed load-carrying member which is designed to facilitate the ready assembly thereof with similar prefabricated framing units.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wall panel which may be fabricated at the mill in conformity with theI architectural treatment of the building.

Another object of the'invention is to provide a tubular sheet metal column which is designed for use in the manner in which wooden studdings are customarily employed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a metallic stud and y.similar framing materials which may be used in the erection T" either a single or multi-story building.

Another object o f the invention is to provide a prefabricated metal stud embodying a pair o-f rolled sheet metal parts disposed in spaced relation with each other and united with non-metallic insulating strips or blocks. y

Another object of the invention is to provide a hollow wall panel which may be lled with an insulating material or poured concrete to form a composite wall structure.

Further objects of the invention reside in the provision of a framing unit which is light in weight, sturdy of structure, economic of manufacture, Aand susceptible of rassembly with ease and dispatch.

Other objects and advantages, more or less ancillary to the foregoing, and the manner in which all the various objects are realized, will appear in the following description, which, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, sets forth the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the'drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical lsectional view through a wall embodying the improved framing materials;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View through the wall illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the im proved stud shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of a modied form of the stud illustrated in Fig. 2, together with a fragmentary portiony of the parts associated therewith;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of another modified form of the stud and wall panels; and

modiiication of the column and sheathing shown in the foregoing iigures.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the building structure chosen herein as illustrative of one of the environs within which the improved framing materials may be used comprises a footing I0 having a floor plate I I thereon which may be of any conventional form or constructed. from spaced parallel rails having anges thereon disposed for telescopic engagement with the wall members. The latter plates form the subject matter of my copending application, Serial No. 125,539, filed November 4, 1949, entitled Wall construction.

The invention is susceptible of use in a building which is framed primarily of rolled structural steel forms and sheet metal plates. In such construction the sheathing I5 (Fig. 2) is formed of corrugated metal panels having a plate I6 welded or otherwise aixed upon a face thereof and flanged edge portions I'I adapted for engagement with the ribbed portions of the columns or studs I8. The studs, which are substitutive of the wooden framing members heretofore in use, are formed from a pair of rolled sheet metal rails, each comprising a folded portion in the center thereof constituting a rib I9 and marginal flanges 20 defining a channel. The channels are formed .with lateral ribs 2I folded from the flanges 29 which may be either in the plane of the web 22 as shown in Figs. 2` and 3, or subjacent thereto as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The channels are arranged in the column assembly with their ilanges 29 in confronting relation, and wood or other non-metallic strips or blocks 23 are mounted between the rails for the retention thereof in spaced relation. The sides of the plates I6 are bent over the` lineal edges of the corrugated sheathing, the flanges 24 thus formed being disposed in abutting engagement with the ribs I9 and secured thereto during the assembly of the wall panels with the columns.

In the erection of a building embodying the improved structural parts, the columns are mounted in vertical position upon the floor plates II which are seated in the conventional manner on the piers or foundation footings I0. The

center-to-center distance between the columns is determined by the width of the panels and the thickness of the wall/is governed by the depth of the spacer blocks 23. The vertical ribs 25 of the floor plates II are engaged, as shown in Fig. 1, with the outer face 26 of the sheathing I5 and the inner face 21 of the interior wall panel, the blocks 28 in the floor plates being proportioned relative 3 to the thickness of the strips or blocks 23 in the columns to accommodate such assembly.

The outer Wall panels are afliXed to the columns I8 by screws 29 mounted in the blocks 23, and bolts or rivets 3D are employed to unite the lateral ribs 2| with the sheathing l5. The voids between the panels may be filled with an insulating material 3| such as sheets of fiberglass or asbestos as shown in Fig. 2, or a comminuted material blown or poured between the panels in situs before the wall plates, floor joists, or roof beams are set in place.

The studs or columns I8 may be formed, if desired, with concave side walls and convergent anges 20 as illustrated in Fig. 4, or convex side Walls and divergent flanges 32 as shown in Figs. and 6, the insulating cores 23 in each case being milled in complementary configuration thereto. The rolled steel forms in all of the foregoing embodiments may be assembled with sheathing plates of the form illustrated in Fig. 2 or with interlocked plates 33 of the type shown in Fig. 6. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5 one of the faces of the core 23 is clad with a channel 34 While the opposed face is encased in a channel 35 having lateral flanges 3-5 thereon disposed for the support of the sheathing 3l. In this assembly the channels 34 and 35 are secured to the core by nails 38, and the sheathing 31 is secured to the channel flanges 36 and the sheathing flanges 40 by bolts or rivets 4I.

From the foregoing it will be recognized that the Wood or other insulating blocks or strips will arrest the transmission of heat from the outer sheathing to the inner wall, that condensation of moisture from the ambient air in the building will be minimized, that vibration of the metallic panels will be materially lessened, and that greater fuel economies may be realized in a building embodying the improved framing materials than have been possible heretofore in building structures in which the inner and outer metallic parts of the walls were in direct contact With each other.

Although the foregoing description is necessarily of a detailed character, in order that the invention may be completely set forth, it is to be understood that the specific terminologyr is not intended to be restrictive or confining, and that various rearrangements of parts and modifications of detail may be resorted to without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as herein claimed.

I claim:

1. A prefabricated wall structure comprising a pair of corrugated sheet metal panels disposed in spaced parallel relation with each other, a flat sheet metal plate affixed upon the crest of the iiutes of each of said panels and dening voids therein, flanges on the vertical edges of said plates disposed in normal relation thereto to accommodate the anchorage of said panels, a pair of sheet metal channels constituting a panel supporting member arranged with the flanged portions thereof in confronting relation, a rib protruding from the central portion of the face of each channel secured to the contiguous ange of said plate, fianges protruding from the sides of one of said channels secured respectively to the edge of the contiguous corrugated sheet metal panels, insulating material intermediate said panels to arrest the transmission of heat through the assembly, and insulating material intermediate said channels for the retention thereof in spaced relation with each other.

2. A prefabricated Wall structure comprising a pair of corrugated sheet metal panels disposed in spaced parallel relation with each other, a flat sheet metal plate affixed upon the crest of the corrugated face of each of said panels, flanges on the vertical edges of said plates disposed in normal relation thereto for the support of said panels, sheet metal channels constituting supporting members for said panels arranged with the flanged portions thereof in confronting relation, ribs protruding from the web portions of said channels affixed respectively to said anges on said plates, flanges protruding from the side walls of one of said channels afxed to the edge of the contiguous corrugated plate members of said panels, insulating sheets intermediate said panels to restrain the transmission of heat through said panel assemblies, said plates and the corrugated panels dening voids in the panel assemblies superi acent said insulating sheets, and vertically spaced blocks of wood intermediate the channels supporting said channels and panels in heat insulating relation with each other.

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